The Buffalo Common Council has championed a “Right to Know” law, patterned on a Syracuse ordinance meant to bolster police transparency and accountability. Buffalo should adopt the measure.
Buffalo updates police reform plan
Organizers with Free the People Western New York laid out several recommendations they believe would create change in the BPD.
This commission’s agenda is inadequate, and frankly it is a disappointment, we can, and we should do better by the people of Buffalo.
Activists say Buffalo police reform report lacks substance.
Mayor Byron W. Brown’s draft recommendations for police reform in Buffalo released earlier this week fail to take adequate steps toward change and ignored community input, a group of activists and community groups said Friday.
Buffalonians are speaking out against what they’re calling a flawed police reform process.
Generations of Black and brown people have experienced police violence in their communities, but the death of George Floyd ignited the powder keg of America’s racial reckoning.
The Buffalo Common Council may approve as early as next month a Right to Know Law to enhance police transparency and accountability.
An investigation into an arrest by two Buffalo police officers captured on cellphone video holding down and punching a man led to no charges, the Monroe County District Attorney confirmed Friday night.
